61EApplication to excavate

61E Application to excavate (1) A person or entity may make an application to the council (an excavation application) for permission to carry out archaeological excavation work at, or near, a registered place or object, or an Aboriginal place or Aboriginal object (a heritage site). (2) An excavation application must— (ii) a description of the heritage site; (iii) the location or address of the heritage site; (iv) details about the proposed excavation work, including the reason for the excavation, the extent and duration of the excavation and any other work of which the excavation forms part; (v) details about the measures the applicant will adopt during the excavation to reduce the risk of diminishing the heritage significance of, or damage to, the heritage site; (vi) any other matter prescribed by regulation.

archaeological excavation work means excavation undertaken— (a) in a systematic way; and (b) using archaeological methods; and (c) to investigate the heritage significance of a place or object.